At the height of the Cold War, in the early 1960s, the Antarctic Treaty was an unexpectedly positive development in international relations. A successful international research program known as the International Geophysical Year, which focused on Arctic and Antarctic research, had just concluded and boasted impressive results. Many of the participating countries wanted to continue […]
Author Archives: Claire Christian
Claire Christian is director of the Secretariat of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC), which consists of more than thirty environmental groups working to protect the Antarctic environment.